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Maildrop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed Maildrop and is prone to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to the error in the 'maildrop/main.C', when run by root with the '-d' option, uses the gid of root for execution of the mailfilter file in a user's home directory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Maildrop version 2.3.0 and prior.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Maildrop version 2.4.0